Cook chicken in 4-5 cups water until tender; skim off fat and use broth. Cool and debone chicken. Add carrots, cabbage, potato, onions and crushed tomatoes with tomato juice to chicken broth.Add spices. Add just enough water to cover vegetables (the cabbage cooks down quite alot).Cover, bring to a boil, add de-boned chicken; reduce to simmer for 2-3 hours, adding more water as needed.

Use a big pot - makes alot. Obviously you can adjust and add more/different veggies, etc.

I just got an email from the Columbia Farmers market board and they have decide that starting in 2012 people will no longer be able to pick up CSA shares during the market hours. I am not sure what their decision is based on, but I wish that you would take the time to email the board and tell them that this is a bad decision.

Otherwise we will no longer be able to have you pickup shares at the market next year. Please email them and let them know that you care about this decision. Thank you! Louise Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit farm

One of our favorite ways to eat cabbage is in the homey English dish known as "bubble & squeak" - it is supposedly named this because of the sound it makes when the cabbage & potatoes are cooking (though I have yet to hear this sound). Though, if they don't like cooked cabbage at all, they may not like this. But you can vary it in a few ways to try!

Chop the cabbage and boil it until tender

Peel & boil 4 or so potatoes until tender, or use leftover mashed potatoes or other cooked potatoes

I’ve really been enjoying my first CSA experience…you all run a great operation!

Speaking of kale—I’m a big fan of kale chips, thanks for including the recipe! Also wanted to share a Kale smoothie recipe I made recently (which was surprisingly tasty), in case people are looking for even more ways to use it! :)

Looking forward to the next season!Daphne

Ingredients

3/4 cup chopped kale, ribs and thick stems removed

1 small stalk celery, chopped

1/2 banana

1/2 cup apple juice

1/2 cup ice

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Directions

Place the kale, celery, banana, apple juice, ice, and lemon juice in a blender.

Dear Folks, We survivied the hurricane last weekend. We only lost a few large trees on the fence row. Gregg and Oliver were cutting them down last week. We burn wood in the winter so at least they will get used. We have been picking apples. Many Many apples! The Honey Crisp, Ginger Gold, Rambo, Smokehouse, and some Gala and Macintosh have been picked. We are still picking peaches and nectarines. They have been very good this year.Oliver is digging carrots, parsnips, and turnips. Gregg is still picking raspberries and blackberries.

Unfortunately we have a serious blight in the raspberries. So we are going to be plowing them up this fall and letting the ground rest. We will replant raspberries and probably some more blackberries at a new location next spring. It is actually a good thing in the long run. It is more work for us now, but it is better for the soil to replant and also we will get bigger and more raspberries.

We are making apple cider beginging next week. Everything is about a week early this year. We started picking winter squash the last week of August. This year is not a good year for spaghetti squash, but we have tons of butternut squash to make up for it.

We are planning to have a winter CSA program this year. Stay tuned for more details. It will be a home or office delivery and we will have an order form so that you can order whatever we have available. We should have pumpkins, winter squash, potatoes, apples, pears, jelly, and certain vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower and brussel sprouts at least through Christmas. We should have beef and some eggs and we will offer Ed's cheeses as well. We will give more details as they develop.

We hope you are enjoying the change in weather and the beginning of the fall season. We are about to start our fall CSA session. If anyone would like to get in for it, send me an email ASAP. If you are scheduled to begin the fall session, I will be sending you an email with details at the beginning of next week.

Cook up some apples for sauce. The sauce is very good this year and the smell of cooking apples will warm your heart!

This is the last week of the summer session. For some we are saying goodbye until next year. We hope that you have enjoyed our CSA experience this year. Join us again next year when we will do it all over!

For those who are in it for the duration - we have good things to come. We will be making cider next week. We are picking lots of apples and the concord grapes are smelling delicious.

The Honey Crisp apples are mazing - very sweet, very crisp. The sweet corn is Mira - very sweet. If you get tired of kale - try kale chips. Toss the kale leaves with a bit of olive oil and some garlic salt. Put on a baking sheet in the oven at 350 until the kale is crunchy. Eat it for a snack. You will never go back to potato chips again!

We are just beginning to pick broccoli and cucumbers are at the end. Enjoy the last of summer and anticipate the fall. I have been making applesauce. The smell of cooking apples brings back good memories for me. The sauce apples on the extras list are either Summer Rambo or Smokehouse apples. Both are excellent for a nice tart sauce. I love eating this sauce hot with cheddar cheese crumbled over it. Delicious!

If this is the last pickup for you, please return your boxes to the drop off spot next week. Our driver (Ken Roberts) will stop by next week to pick them up. Remember to return any empty jars and fruit boxes.

September 2 is the deadline to sign up for the fall session. If you have not signed up, please let us know by THIS FRIDAY September 2 if you would like to continue into the fall session. We will be having some great winter squash. We picked some acorn squash this week. Oliver wants to pick the Delicati soon. We are picking lots of apples. We will start off the last session with Honey Crisp apples! Oliver and our two field workers picked them before the hurricane hit. Thankfully, otherwise they would have dropped. Gregg is hoping to do a batch of cider next week. We are picking Gala and Jonathan apples this week. We will have onions into the fall and potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, beets, Italian plums, concord grapes, Roma tomatoes and much more. Stay tuned!

Our tomatoes have slowed down with all the rain this weekend many of them are split. We are cleaning off the plants and hoping that new tomatoes will come on before the weather gets too cold. Enjoy the acorn squash this week. They are great roasted!

Have a great week - Enjoy the last of the summer birds and butterflies. We are beginning to see flocks of wild geese instead of robins. Fall is in the air!

About Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc CSA and Farm Stands

Orchard Country Produce is a family-owned and operated, sustainable fruit and vegetable farm settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the Appalachian Foothills. We work diligently to provide fresh produce&